Tissue World Magazine
Alexandra Stuthridge, Technical Business Manager, BioProducts Institute (BPI)

Metsä Tissue has announced that Juha Tilli, its former senior vice president, AfH, has decided to leave the company.

Tilli has held the role since 2016.

Jani Sillanpää has been appointed as interim senior vice president, business unit AfH Metsä Tissue.

Currently Sillanpää is in charge of the AfH sales and is located in Mariestad, Sweden.

He will be part of Metsä Tissue’s management team and will report to chief executive Esa Kaikkonen.

In September, the company also announced a series of executive management team changes; Esa Kaikkonen was appointed CEO of Metsä Tissue Corporation, the tissue and cooking paper business of Metsä Group, while Petri Helsky, who was the chief executive of Metsä Tissue Corporation since 2015, left the company.